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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,019 2,462 61.8 59.6-64.0 1,557 38.2 36.0-40.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 92 64 75.7 62.7-85.2 28 24.3 14.8-37.3
Buncombe 92 47 54.7 41.4-67.3 45 45.3 32.7-58.6
Cabarrus 105 70 64.6 52.3-75.2 35 35.4 24.8-47.7
Catawba 115 72 62.0 51.1-71.7 43 38.0 28.3-48.9
Cumberland 112 77 66.9 54.5-77.3 35 33.1 22.7-45.5
Davidson 100 67 61.1 45.7-74.6 33 38.9 25.4-54.3
Durham 87 46 61.3 48.5-72.7 41 38.7 27.3-51.5
Forsyth 105 72 69.0 56.9-79.0 33 31.0 21.0-43.1
Gaston 111 68 63.7 50.1-75.4 43 36.3 24.6-49.9
Guilford 109 58 48.2 35.6-60.9 51 51.8 39.1-64.4
Iredell 98 58 63.1 51.4-73.4 40 36.9 26.6-48.6
Johnston 116 68 67.5 53.8-78.7 48 32.5 21.3-46.2
Mecklenburg 184 100 52.7 43.7-61.5 84 47.3 38.5-56.3
New Hanover 103 57 59.9 48.2-70.5 46 40.1 29.5-51.8
Onslow 93 48 55.5 42.5-67.8 45 44.5 32.2-57.5
Orange 78 38 51.9 38.3-65.2 40 48.1 34.8-61.7
Pitt 129 79 64.7 54.6-73.7 50 35.3 26.3-45.4
Randolph 90 52 59.2 46.7-70.7 38 40.8 29.3-53.3
Robeson 113 74 68.2 56.2-78.2 39 31.8 21.8-43.8
Rowan 125 89 67.1 55.4-77.0 36 32.9 23.0-44.6
Union 112 77 69.3 56.8-79.5 35 30.7 20.5-43.2
Wake 178 109 65.3 56.7-73.0 69 34.7 27.0-43.3
Wayne 93 53 60.2 46.6-72.5 40 39.8 27.5-53.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,274 795 64.9 61.2-68.4 479 35.1 31.6-38.8
Piedmont 1,942 1,184 60.6 57.4-63.8 758 39.4 36.2-42.6
Western NC 803 483 61.0 56.5-65.3 320 39.0 34.7-43.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 549 321 59.3 53.8-64.6 228 40.7 35.4-46.2
Northwest 835 547 65.5 60.2-70.3 288 34.5 29.7-39.8
Charlotte 570 345 58.0 52.1-63.6 225 42.0 36.4-47.9
Greensboro 410 237 55.8 48.2-63.1 173 44.2 36.9-51.8
Southern Regional 374 250 63.8 56.3-70.7 124 36.2 29.3-43.7
Coastal 219 127 63.7 55.8-70.9 92 36.3 29.1-44.2
Wake 442 258 65.0 58.9-70.6 184 35.0 29.4-41.1
Area L 129 88 72.4 62.2-80.6 41 27.6 19.4-37.8
Eastern 491 289 58.6 52.0-64.9 202 41.4 35.1-48.0

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*Asked of those who reported that their physician had discussed their risk for certain diseases

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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